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David S. Hardy

David S. Hardy

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  • dhardy@carmodylaw.com

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  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Real Estate & Land Use
  • Real Estate: Energy & Infrastructure

Education

  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1999
  • Colgate University, B.A., 1996

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court

David S. Hardy

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Dave’s practice focuses on business and commercial disputes, including trials in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, and appeals. Dave works diligently to align the legal and business objectives of his clients, while providing them with value. He often handles litigation involving contracts, insurance coverage, construction and restrictive covenants.

David also has extensive experience in litigating matters involving real property, including land use, tax appeals and actions involving title. A substantial component of Dave’s legal work involves eminent domain cases. He represents both property owners and condemning authorities, including utility and energy companies and municipal agencies.

In addition to his traditional litigation practice, David regularly represents clients in applications and administrative proceedings before state agencies including the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), Office of Health Strategy – formerly known as the Office of Health Care Access (OHCA), the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). He also has substantial experience in appealing agency decisions to the Connecticut Superior Court.

David also has considerable experience representing and advising beverage alcohol clients in permitting, investigations and compliance under state and federal alcoholic beverage regulations.

Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association

  • New Haven County Bar Association

Distinctions

  • Future Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2022-2023

  • Best Lawyers® – Commercial Litigation, 2022-2023

  • AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings

  • James W. Cooper, Fellow Connecticut Bar Foundation

  • Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Business Litigation, 2009-2015

Community

  • Former President, The University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association, Inc.
  • Former Chairman, Town of Madison Board of Assessment Appeals

Experience

  • Representation of public utilities companies in numerous appeals from agency decisions concerning ratemaking and statutory penalties appeals

  • Representation of property owners in numerous land use appeals

  • Representation of health care provider in adverse/competing application for proposed cardiac catheterization facility

  • Representation of provider in proceedings for transfer of interest in CT scan imaging facility

  • Trial or settlement of in excess of sixty eminent domain actions

  • Obtained injunction against municipality’s attempted taking of commercial property by eminent domain

  • Successfully tried quiet title action concerning ownership of commercial property, defeating claims of adverse possession and prescriptive easements

  • Successful representation of policyholder against insurer, obtaining judgment for breach of duty to defend and indemnify under commercial general liability policy

  • Successful representation of policyholder against insurer, obtaining appraisal arbitration award for damage to commercial property two times the value of insurer’s final settlement offer

  • Part of team that successfully enjoined state and local authorities from unlawfully interfering with federally authorized interstate natural gas pipeline project

Upcoming Deadline (February 20th) to Appeal 2021 Connecticut Municipal Real Property Tax Revaluation

January 10, 2022
The following thirty-seven Connecticut municipalities conducted real property tax revaluations in 2021: Andover, Ashford, Beacon Falls, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Colchester, Columbia, Cornwall, East Hartford, East Haven, East Lyme, Easton, Enfield, Greenwich, Griswold, Groton, Hartford, Hebron, Killingworth, Lisbon, Manchester, Meriden, Middlebury, Middlefield, Milford, Montville, New Haven, Plainville, Plymouth, Portland, Salem, Shelton, Thomaston,
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Carmody attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2022 List

September 20, 2021
Carmody is pleased to announce that 30 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2022. Three Carmody attorneys have also been recognized as "Lawyer of the Year". Congratulations to David T. Grudberg, William J. Hennessey, Jr. and Peter M. Nolin. Only one lawyer is recognized
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Commercial Tenant Bankruptcy: A Summary as State Courts Reopen

June 22, 2020
On April 10, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7X, detailed here, which instituted a moratorium on residential evictions and summary process actions until July 1, 2020. The Governor’s Order did not apply to commercial eviction proceedings. While a commercial landlord was permitted to serve a notice to
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The Small Business Reorganization Act (“SBRA”): Small Business Options for PPP Loan Forgiveness

June 22, 2020
Back in March, Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, previously detailed here. The PPP authorized unsecured loans to businesses with up to 500 employees along with loan forgiveness for businesses meeting certain restrictions and guidelines for employee retention and
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